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If there’s any piece of technology that has made a significant impact on the lives of everyone, it’s the cellular phone —  specifically, the smartphone. It’s literally a tiny computer that fits into your pocket, and brings a plethora of information, entertainment, and lets you capture visual memories or be productive wherever you go. Pretty much everyone has a smartphone these days, for better or for worse. But have you ever thought about which smartphones have been the most important and influential ones that shaped…

BlackBerry Ltd said on Tuesday it would sell patents, primarily related to its mobile devices, for up to $900 million after the Canadian software company scrapped an earlier deal with Catapult IP Innovations Inc. Malikie Innovations Ltd will buy the patents and pay $170 million in cash on deal closing, and another $30 million three years later. BlackBerry will also get annual cash royalties from the profits generated from the patents, relating to its messaging and wireless networking among others. Malikie is a newly…

BlackBerry said on Tuesday it would sell patents, primarily related to its mobile devices, for up to $900 million (roughly Rs. 7,441 crore) after the Canadian software company scrapped an earlier deal with Catapult IP Innovations.Malikie Innovations will buy the patents and pay $170 (roughly Rs. 1,405 crore) million in cash on deal closing, and another $30 million (roughly Rs. 248 crore) three years later. BlackBerry will also get annual cash royalties from the profits generated from the patents, relating to its messaging…

Before iPhones and Androids took over the world, there was the Blackberry. Armed with its signature keyboard and internet access, the story of the unprecedented rise and catastrophic fall of the company is chronicled in Blackberry, which released its official trailer on Wednesday. Jay Baruchel stars as Mike Lazaridis, the founder of Blackberry. Along with Douglas Fregin, played by director Matt Johnson (Operation Avalanche), the duo is approached by Jim Balsillie (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Glenn Howerton),…

An epic rise and fall for a once-ubiquitous mobile device are chronicled in the first trailer for IFC Films’ BlackBerry. The epic rise and fall of BlackBerry, directed by Matt Johnson star Jay Baruchel as Mike Lazaridis, and Glenn Howerton as co-CEO Jim Balsillie. The trailer opens with two guys approaching a marketing person in 1996 and informing him rather a tip that emailing and phones can both become one and the internet serves this revolution. The trailer moves further where Howerton tells Baruchel that he knows…

Remember the BlackBerry? Remember how BlackBerry was getting its own movie? Well, now we’ve got our first trailer, which depicts the rise and fall of the infamous company that brought us the phone that ensnared CEOs, celebrities, and even presidents in its grip.BlackBerry - Official Trailer ft. Jay Baruchel & Glenn Howerton | HD | IFC FilmsIf you weren’t already tired of Hollywood dramatizations of tech SNAFUs, this new trailer does bear a big resemblance to other movies like The Social Network or Steve Jobs, with its…

Did you know they were making an official movie about Blackberry and that there’s a trailer that was just released? Maybe, maybe not. Either way, the official Blackberry movie trailer is out and it’s worth a watch. Because the trailer is bound to give you a few laughs and at the very least, it’ll get you excited to see the film when it comes out later this year.The interesting bit, is not that there’s a movie being made about Blackberry at all. But that it’s seemingly going to be a pretty hilarious film. It’s not a…

When we learned that a BlackBerry movie was in the works last year, we had no idea it would be something close to a comedy. But judging from the the trailer released today, it's aiming to be a far lighter story than other recent films about tech, like The Social Network and Steve Jobs. The BlackBerry movie stars Jay Baruchel (How to Train Your Dragon, Goon) and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Glenn Howerton as Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, the former co-CEOs of the Canadian firm Research in Motion. They're not…

"BlackBerry", a King Kong vs. Godzilla tale of the first smartphones, premiered to cheers at the Berlin film festival on Friday, exploring geek culture, toxic masculinity and the birth of gadget addiction. The rollicking two-hour movie by Canadian actor and filmmaker Matt Johnson tells the true story of the heady rise and calamitous fall of one of the great inventions on the cusp of the new millennium. Research In Motion (RIM), based in Waterloo, Ontario, developed the BlackBerry, the first successful mobile phone…

Apple Inc.'s iPhone set a new high for its share of profits from global smartphone sales in 2022, after navigating a dire year for the industry better than competitors. The Cupertino, California-based tech giant collected 85% of operating profit and 48% of revenue from smartphone sales over the course of the year, new Counterpoint Research estimates showed. Both were new peaks for the company, 15 years into the iPhone's time on the market, and the firm's flagship device also scored its biggest proportion of global…